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I think Los Angeles is the only city I've seen that actually manages this pretty well. Major streets have signs hanging in the middle of the street, large signs

I think Los Angeles is the only city I've seen that actually manages this pretty well. Major streets have signs hanging in the middle of the street, large signs and reliably placed. https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Burton+Way+%26+S+Doheny+Dr,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90048,+USA/@34.0724118,-118.3896384,3a,75y,206.88h,89.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNFuiqPomsHS4MbvaIaSXWw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2b954d459396b:0xd82815efbed60425!8m2!3d34.0723534!4d-118.3897334 https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Burton+Way+%26+S+Doheny... Smaller streets have smaller signs, but also fairly reliably placed https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Burton+Way+%26+S+Doheny+Dr,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90048,+USA/@34.0735146,-118.3848619,3a,75y,262.18h,69.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6FeV6qxVAjdxlphrV0oekw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2b954d459396b:0xd82815efbed60425!8m2!3d34.0723534!4d-118.3897334 https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Burton+Way+%26+S+Doheny...

com2kid 9y ago
King County in Washington State is pretty good about having street signs on corners. I'd say 95% of the time they are findable, the size is a bit small, but overall they are quite usable and the names are printed on both parts of the sign and, baring trees, visible from all four corners, finding the cross street if you are a pedestrian walking down on the same side of the sidewalk as the sign is the worst case. I've seen the signage fall apart at the more complicated intersections though. But then again, labeling 3 left turns probably isn't an easy task to be charged with, as a driver I am not always sure what sort of signage I'd want in those situations. (I swear I've seen some intersections where they just gave up though)